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apostolise

apostolise verb: to proselytize.

Verb

apostolise (third-person singular simple present apostolises, present participle apostolising, simple past and past participle apostolised)

  1. To proselytize.
    • I felt that it was almost as useless for Europeans to go out amongst the tribes of monkeys and spend their lives trying to bring them up to such a level of intelligence as is implied in the appreciation of the Christian religion, as for the Limanorans to apostolise amongst mankind, and struggle to...1903, Godfrey Sweven, Limanora: The Island of Progress, page 504
  2. To make sacred.
    • The evangelical independence with which the official arrangements of the Apostolic Church are represented, according to their very differing value for the kingdom of God, and which are declared not to be a 'binding law,' stands in edifying contrast with the new Popish zeal of many Protestant...1891, Samuel Ives Curtiss, Franz Delitzsch: A Memorial Tribute, page 90

Forms of apostolise

third-person singular presentapostolises
present participleapostolising
past participleapostolised
pastapostolised

Questions about apostolise

What does apostolise mean?
Apostolise means to proselytize.
What part of speech is apostolise?
Apostolise is a verb.
What is the past tense of apostolise?
The past tense of apostolise is apostolised.

Words near apostolise in the dictionary

  1. apostolicity
  2. apostolicness
  3. apostolics
  4. Apostolicship
  5. Apostolicships
  6. apostolise
  7. apostolised
  8. apostolises
  9. apostolising
  10. apostolize
  11. apostolized

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